Theresa May-O’Brien : Resume
Objective
Feltmaking and Teaching of International Culture Through Art
Experience
Aug - Sept 2007
Taught 3 day Osman Technique
Felters Fling International Conference on Felt Making
July/Aug 2007 Workshop Teaching Tour Natural Dyes and Felt Making with Mehmet Girgic
2006/Aug Co-taught with Mehmet Girgic Osman Technique Felt Workshop Konya, Turkey
2006/June Co-Taught with Mehmet Girgic Osman Technique Feltmaking at Millersville University in Millersville, PA
2006/June Co-Taught with Mehmet Girgic Osman Technique Feltmaking at the Fiber Studio in Henniker,NH
2006 Co-Taught with Mehmet Girgic Natural Dye Workshop at Woodscape Artistry Studio in Oneonta, NY
2006 Lecture on Turkish Textiles Berkshire Hills & Dales Spinners Sheffield, MA
2006 - Visiting Instructor Selcuk University, Konya,Turkey
2006 Lecture on Turkish Textiles Golden Fleece Spinning Guild/Schohaire,NY
2006 Felting Instructor, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
2006 Lecture on Turkish Textiles Albany Fiber Guild/Albany,Oregon
2006- Felting Instructor,Newport Visual Arts Center,Newport Oregon
2006/Jan Lecture on Turkish Textiles /Blacksheep Spinners Guild/Ithica,NY
2005 - Present : Visiting Instructor, Rochester Weaving and Fiber Arts Guild
2004 - Present : Visiting Artist, Roxbury Arts Group/CROP Program
2003 – Present : Lecturer, Regional Felting and Fiber Guilds
1988 – Present : Fiber Artist and Feltmaker, Self-Employed
1996 – Present : Instructor, Flying Cloud Art Institute
1994 - Present : Instructor, IS183 Art School of the Berkshires
1970 – Present : Freelance Watercolorist, Self-Employed
Education
February 2005 : Mentorship under feltmaker Mehmet Girgic, Awarded through New York Foundation for the Arts
September 2004 : Cornell Cooperative Extension Micro-Enterprise Program
2004 Workshop with Feltmakers from Kyrgistan in Traditional Felt Folk Art/Yurt Building at the International Felt Symposium /Hungary
2004 Workshop with Feltmaker May Istvandahl Norway /At International Felt Symposium / Hungary
2003 Turkish Felt Rug Making with Feltmaker Mehmet Girgic
2001 Traditional Turkish Rug Feltmaking with Feltmaker Mehmet Girgic of Turkey
2002 Dye making For Felt Workshop with Feltmaker Jorie Johnson/ Pro Chemical & Dye /Somerset, MA
2000 Felt Garment Workshop with Feltmaker Polly Stirling/ IS183
1992 Feltmaking Workshop with Feltmaker Beth Beede/Interlaken School of Art
1977-1981 : Bachelor of Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Exhibits/Shows
Aug/September 2007 Exhibition Wool as Art Gallery 51 Philadelphia, PA
June/July 2007 Yun Sanat /Wool Art Millersville University Exhibition with Mehmet Girgic
2006: One Woman Show Felt work in Oneonta,New York / Late lounge Coffee House
2005 : Exhibited felt work in the Faculty Show/ IS183 Art School of the Berkshires, Stockbridge, MA
2005 : Exhibited at How They Felt:Contemporary Feltmaking, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
2005 : Exhibited at New Dimensions of Feltmaking in Ankara, Turkey
2004 : Exhibited in Fabulous Felt Show in Athens, New York
2004 : Exhibited and Demonstrated Feltmaking at World Felt Symposium in Budapest, Hungary
2004 : Exhibited feltmaking in Sheeptacular in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
2002 : Juried Exhibit of felt garment in Convergence in Vancouver, British Columbia
2001 : Show us Your Bra Benefit Art Exhibit in Northhampton, Massachusetts
2001 : Hands on Crafts Exhibit, Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Mehmet Girgic Resume